We flatter ourselves that the West is inoculated against totalitarian impulses. My recent experience in Brussels shows we are not.
As an American, I'm surprised that Europeans and British seem to just accept these anti-speech laws in place in their countries.
Why? Government censorship is a long established part of their traditions. It's the American concept of "free speech" that's a foreign imposition.
Are you going to sue them? Do not know Belgian law’s specifics but it sounds like they curbed your freedom unlawfully.
As Mrs. Billy Graham once said: “Pretty soon God odd going to have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah”
(Or words to that effect)
As an American, I'm surprised that Europeans and British seem to just accept these anti-speech laws in place in their countries.
Why? Government censorship is a long established part of their traditions. It's the American concept of "free speech" that's a foreign imposition.
Are you going to sue them? Do not know Belgian law’s specifics but it sounds like they curbed your freedom unlawfully.
As Mrs. Billy Graham once said: “Pretty soon God odd going to have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah”
(Or words to that effect)